Walking a flatbed wrecker under a vehicle in reverse
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2018
- A short demonstration on how to walk a flatbed under a vehicle without using the winch. Used for a vehicle with no keys, broken ball joints or if you’re just a few feet shy of getting that car all the way into a parking spot. Truck Info: 2017 Kenworth T270 paired with a Chevron Model 14 Low Pro flatbed with remote controlled winch and stationary headache rack.
**NOTE**
Some beds will NOT allow you to do this with them because they do not negative tilt far enough or your feet by the wheel lift are too low to the ground.
**This video is not intended to make money or to be sold to any company or organization for any reason. This is solely an instructional video for newcomers into the industry and to help them make their jobs easier, safer and more enjoyable. ZERO money was made in the making of this video.
I would never show up to a scene on a vehicle that I’ve never driven before and automatically start rolling the bed under the front tires. You will be the guy chasing a car down the street someday. Always hook up the mini j hooks or a nylon bridal to the winch. And out of free spool mode. Then u can walk the bed under safely with a car that cannot roll away.
With all do respect I don’t recommend this it’s very hard on your hydraulics
This also works in tight spots when you can’t fully extend your bed like in packed dealership lots. Great video!
I used this technique before. Really didn’t like the wheels off the ground a lot of stress on the truck. There is another way to do it. But the bed under the front wheels set your chains and put wrecker in neutral and winch the wrecker under the vehicle it had worked for me the 12 years I have been driving a wrecker
Nah man, ill get the bed under the front wheels and throw sliding blocks under the rear wheels and pull it up. Won't hurt a thing.
Why don’t you just try backing up under the truck easy Peezy
Good to have old timer to teach very good tricks
Adam, I'm new to the towing industry and I'm loving it. For some reason yesterday I watched your video for the first time, and wouldn't you know it, I had to put it to use last night on a Dodg Ram pickup with two flat passenger side tires. It worked like butter, I was so stoked. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was perfect timing for me to have seen your video when I did. Stay safe.
The old caterpillar walk lol
I'm lost. I own a car shop and the tow truck drivers just hook up to it and drag it up on the truck. Why put your very expensive truck under this kind of load? This can not be good for the hydraulics or frame...not arguing, legitimate questions. I just bought a 21" rollback and want to make it last as long as possible.
THAT was INCREDIBLY cool.
Good customer service will take you to the top faster than any means of advertisement.
You just gained a new follower today please keep posting
Excellent video, thank you
Good stuff I knew how to do it but glad to see it done on video keep them up drive safe fellas
You only have to lift the rear end of the truck off of the ground if your fast idle/PTO won’t stay engaged if you release the brakes. Or put the truck in neutral if you don’t have air brakes.
probably the coolest video I've seen in a while, once I saw you drag YOUR truck... well I can't like a 2nd time.
Good Vid Adam, I subbed you. It's nice to see towers thinking outside the box...and not in some unsafe outlandish way....you could prolly also do a video like this when winter comes and show how this very same technique, used in a similar fashion, could be used to get ''unstuck'' in your flatbed. keep up the good work.
My only input is. If you do this more often than not, you might want to make a sling to support the weight of the rearend instead of having you shocks extended and supporting about 1,500 pound rearend. Especially if your rollback has air ride suspension. Other than that. Great video 👍🏼
Now that was worth every minute 🤙🏾